Mining Incidents

MGQ Inc Metal/Non-Metal

MGQ Inc · Surface
Controlled by Tim E Bell
OLD FORT, Seneca County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304407

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
300
citations
80
significant & substantial
$71,008
proposed penalties
$71,008
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 23,021 1 0 43.4
2025 Q3 14,963 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,370 2 0 314.0
2025 Q1 21,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 16,665 7 4 420.0
2024 Q3 23,686 20 3 844.4
2024 Q2 16,912 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,944 8 3 1152.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2021 · 1 incident

April 26, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
MGQ Inc · Struck by falling object

EE was under the hopper shoveling and a piece of rock or ice (uncertain as to exact substance) fell on EE's lower back and caused disc fractures in their back.

2019 · 1 incident

March 13, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MGQ Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pinched finger between two pieces of metal. 10 stitches in finger.

2015 · 1 incident

July 18, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MGQ Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

Failure of elevated walkway. The expanded metal rusted through resulting in fall of ten feet to concrete.

2010 · 1 incident

May 21, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MGQ Inc · Fall from ladders

Maintenance employee was working on an aggregate discharge chute under a non-operating screening unit, from a step ladder. Weather conditions were damp, light rain. Employee slipped from ladder step while reaching for a part, falling approx. 6-7 ft, landing on a conv. tailpulley guard on his left side, resulting in a mild concussion and 4 broken ribs.

2002 · 3 incidents

April 25, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
MGQ Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

HIT HEAD WHEN STANDING UP.

April 21, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION
MGQ Inc · Accident type, without injuries

CONTAINMENT POND FOR SILT BROKE OPEN THE POND WALL CAUSING WATER & SILT TO FLOW INTO THE PROCESSING PLANT AREA. WATER FLOWED INTO THE ELECTRICAL ROOM CAUSING MAIN POWER LINE FUSES TO TRIP.

March 8, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MGQ Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INFORMED ME THAT HE TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE WHILE WORKING UNDER A CRUSHER (PC2). AT THAT TIME EE SAID THAT HE WOULD BE OK.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 27, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MGQ Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS KNEELING DOWN ON SHOVEL CLEANUP. HE WENT TO STAND UP AND SPRAINED HIS KNEE.

September 20, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MGQ Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE TURNED HIS RIGHT ANKLE OVER WHILE WALKING TO THE SERVICE TRUCK TO GET A WRENCH. RESULTED IN ASPRAINED ANKLE.

2000 · 2 incidents

February 17, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MGQ Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

MELTED SNOW HAD FROZEN OVERNIGHT CAUSING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. EE SLIPPED ON THE ICE ADN TWISTED HIS ANKLE CAUSING A POSSIBLE SPRAIN OR BREAK. AWAITING CONFIRMATION FROM THE HOSPITAL(CRACKED B ONE IN ANKLE) .

January 25, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MGQ Inc · Fall onto or against objects

THERE WAS ICE ON THE PARKING LOT. HE STEPPED OUTOF HIS TRUCK AND SLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS THERMOS BOTTLE.